You know you've made it big when you have your own wool sock. We won't let it go to our heads though. Who knew that $10 could buy you SO MUCH street cred? We did, my friend. We did.
If your kids are anything like we were when we were young, then they are going to need one of these sweet helmets. For only $45.00 you can ensure their safety and hook your kid up with some serious style points at the same time.
I made the mistake of staring directly into the radbot when I turned it on and was seeing a large blue dot for a long time afterwards. Yes, it's bright. Learn from my mistake. Don't stare directly at bright things. I guess I was sick at home the day they taught that in school. Here's what Portland Design Works has to say about the radbot: the RADBOT 1000 has one directive: to defend you and your bike from rear collisions. it comes equipped with a precision reflector that conforms to strict EU standards and its blazing red eye contains a 1.0 watt japanese LED to stare down vehicles. this is the same powerful LED used in the brake lights of new cars! $26.00
You may not know it but we are currently having a huge sale on all 2009 bikes. They are at least 15% off and some have as much as a 50% savings. They won't last long and when they are gone we will stock up on all the new 2010 models.
On another note we just got a fresh shipment of top tube protectors from our friend at draught bags. Take a look at some of these colors and then put them on your whip and show them off.
And to finish this off with a little tip on cleats. Biking shoes are designed to be clipped in on a bike. If you choose to walk around in them you will compromise performance and cost more to constantly replace them. For most brands of road cleats there are covers that will save both performance and money in the long run. And for some fun here is a picture of cleats that needed replacement long ago.
And don't forget about the bike sale going on now until all 2009 models are gone.
Summer is here, well kind of, May was a promising start with all that wonderful sunshine but now we are deep into June Gloom. 6/11/2009 wah wah.Before you start to hang up your bike and forget that summer happened remember its light out until 9:30. So there is plenty of time to head out on a ride after work. At least that is the positive line of reasoning that we hope helps to reinvigorate the busy season.
Things have been going well here in 21st Avenue Bicycle land. Something that you might have noticed is that we have changed the location of the front door.This has done an amazing thing, not only were we able to create more usable shop space, but we also created more usable floor space and a better register position. We have added an additional repair stand and we are looking to add another. This means you are going to spend less time waiting for your bike. At the moment we have a 24 to 48 hour turn around on all repair bicycles and our aim is to keep it that way.
Here is something for you bike geeks out there. Shop friend and local bicycle building phenom Ira Ryan dropped off a newly painted show bike to display in the shop. We figured Ira's bikes are pretty cool and if we could send some folks his way while drawing some other people our way, why not? This thing is like Hitchcock's "The Birds"
Check out the detail. Perfect for swarming the track or pecking your way through down town traffic.There are some items that just aren't working out they way that we had hoped. Camouflage sales have slowed to a crawl and well we would love to see, or not see wink wink, some of you wonderful people out there roaming the great northwest in American made Chrome messenger bags and backpacks. In addition to the bags all of our Chrome laptop sleeves are on sales, so protect your truth box with one of these little padded bodyguards. See you soon.